What presents would we unwrap on our free agent holiday? Would Thomas Dimitroff and Arthur Blank give us the ultimate present of a fierce pass rushing defensive end in Mario Williams, or someone to protect our franchise QB in the form of a guard like Carl Nicks?

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The fans hoped for the Falcons to be one of the more aggressive teams out there and to help set the market. Let's be honest for a minute. Laurent Robinson signed for five years and $32.5 million. The Cowboys made their splash by signing Brandon Carr to a deal worth around $10 million per year. The Falcons are playing free agency the boring....but smart way. Do you really want a contract like those on your hands for players of that quality? The Falcons are letting the market set and seeing what values will be available. Is that the best way to make their moves? Only time will tell.

It's obvious that the Falcons are pretty happy with their core players. Could it be that a lot of the blame for last season is being placed firmly at the feet of Mike Mularkey and Brian Van Gorder? Absolutely. How aggressive the Falcons are in the rest of free agency with their limited cap space (and also with making additional cap space by cutting dead weight or re-structuring contracts) will show us just how confident the Falcons brass is with their current pieces. After the dust settles, who is left that you would like to see the Falcons go after? ESPN's John Clayton tweeted out earlier today that there are still 381 remaining free agents. It looks like this will be a marathon and not a sprint for the Falcons.